And Ted Kennedy, whose sister had a severe intellectual disability and whose son lost a leg to cancer.

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This is at least as good as the current genetic technology available for identifying mutations in patients with severe intellectual disability.

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Dutch researchers are proposing that DNA sequencing replace older forms of genetic tests for diagnosing the cause of severe intellectual disability, the second time in a day that researchers have pushed the emerging technology as a first-choice diagnostic test for severe illness.

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